Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought it was me until now. on 26/8/00 1:57 pm, Bob Walkden at bobwalkden@hotmail.com wrote: > I wonder who holds the world record for being most wrong in a single post? > >> the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon >> photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever >> gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri >> Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it. > > "The slow speed of colour film reduces the depth of focus in the field of > vision in relatively close shots; and this cramping often makes for dull > composition. On top of that, blurred backgrounds in color photographs are > distinctly displeasing". - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com